How to Use committee in a Sentence

committee

noun
  • The bill has been referred back to committee.
  • We're waiting for recommendations from the advisory committee.
  • The district includes teachers in decision-making through committee membership and surveys.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Hoskote resigned and the rest of the committee followed suit.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • On the search committee to find a leader for the program is Capt.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • That lean to the low end will not sit well with the selection committee.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But while the bill moved out of committee, nobody is happy with it at this point.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • It was referred to and remains before the committee, which would need to approve it to bring it to a floor vote.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The committee submitted questions to the FCC, and the agency has until Aug. 21 to respond.
    David Zimmermann, Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Schiff and other Democrats were knocked off committees.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • These are some of the big questions a new committee of state lawmakers want to explore.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The first test will come Tuesday as a critical House committee takes its first vote.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
  • The committee approved the bill along party lines back on July 10.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • If approved by the committee, Worley would face a vote from the full 15-member council.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • Based on prior votes by the council and its committee, the decision is likely to be close.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • If this was somewhat unclear, a postbox of the committee is assumed to be a thenar burma.
    Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • At Monday’s meeting, the committee heard from doctors and patients who urged them to approve the drug.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 10 June 2024
  • The Guinness World Record committee still has to confirm that Bassey met all the criteria to become the new record holder.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
  • The bike trails committee has been meeting for three years and working with IMBA's guidance.
    Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The city needs to make a serious committee to address this problem.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The committee selections will form the basis of the new flag and seal, though the designs may be modified, according to MNHS.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Days later, a Texas House committee failed to meet a key deadline to receive a floor vote on a bill that would raise the legal age to buy an assault-style weapon from 18 to 21.
    Leo Rocha, CBS News, 13 May 2023
  • This is Chaney’s second attempt to get the bill passed after an initial version died in its first committee stop last year.
    Max Chesnes, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • All four members of the committee voted in Dutrow's favor, according to Blood Horse.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2023
  • The next step is for a task force to be established, with a bill to be announced this month, said Kim, the policy committee official.
    Grace Moon, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Graves also refused to provide the names of the people at the March 19 meeting, resulting in a tense exchange at one point with a GOP committee aide.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Thomas was a substitute teacher for nine years, on numerous PTO committees and a coach in youth sports.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Victims who do speak out struggle to be believed or may find their career ends as a consequence, the committee found.
    Richard Smirke, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Not only does the Ghost Train need maintenance, but the committee needs money to pay for the service calls, which can each cost around $4,000, Rabinowitz said.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
  • TripAdvisor said that a special committee had determined there was no transaction with a third party that would be in the best interests of the company and its stockholders.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2024

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